What will anyone get from the NAACP and Tea Party fight?

Broadsides have been fired between the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The stage is set for an epic war within the press. The NAACP says the Tea Party is directing racist rhetoric at the president and other government officials. The Tea Party has responded that the NAACP is racist and also shilling for criminal activities of the New Black Panther Party. Pundits on both sides of the political aisle have weighed in, casting aspersions and making accusations of the other side.

The NAACP side

You will find photos of Tea Party attendees holding signs the NAACP, and many others, contend are racist. The sick and twisted individuals in question do not necessarily represent the Tea Party movement, but the NAACP is assuming there’s guilt by association. In fact, Tea Party rally organizers have been beginning to ban that sort from attending.

What the Tea Party said

The Tea Party’s counter-claim is that the NAACP is helping cover up an incident involving some members of the New Black Panther Party. The US Attorney’s office was investigation voting crimes committed by the NBPP that may have been racially motivated around the 2008 election. The case was dropped, and accusations of a cover-up at the behest of Obama appointees started quickly.

Which one is the villain?

All that is going to happen is MSNBC, Fox, and talk radio are going to spew a lot of drivel forth and sell many commercials within the process. But while this is going to amount to more ad revenue for political pundits, the bickering back and forth doesn’t do anything to advance the cause of either side, and doesn’t do anything to combat real racism.